9 - Impulse and Response to Unit Impulse
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Practice Questions
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What is an impulse in terms of forces?
💡 Hint: Think about sudden forces in nature, like explosions.
What does the Dirac delta function signify?
💡 Hint: It can be thought of as a spike in a graph.
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What is the primary use of the Dirac delta function?
💡 Hint: Consider when forces act briefly and with high magnitude.
True or False: The impulse response function is used to determine how systems behave to arbitrary forces.
💡 Hint: Think about how systems can react to any input based on their impulse behavior.
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Given a mass-spring-damper system with m = 2kg, c = 0.5 Ns/m, and k = 8 N/m, determine the response x(t) under unit impulse input.
💡 Hint: Use the derived formulas for impulse response in your calculations.
Explain the impact of increasing the damping ratio on the decay rate of oscillations in an SDOF system subjected to impulse.
💡 Hint: Think about energy dissipation and system stability.
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